UCLA
California
UCLA Hosts California in Home Finale Friday
November 21, 2017 | Football
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Rose Bowl - Spieker Field (80,616)
Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m. PT
Television: FS1
TV Crew: Chris Myers (play-by-play), Evan Moore (analyst)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570
Radio Crew: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline)
SIRIUS/XM Radio: Sirius and XM Ch. 83; Internet 83
BRUINS HONOR SENIORS FRIDAY VS. CAL
UCLA (5-6,3-5) will host the California Golden Bears (5-6,2-6) in the Rose Bowl on Friday, Nov. 24 at 7:30 p.m. PT. The game will be televised by FS1. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will radio broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over Sirius/XM, uclabruins.com and tunein.com and the TuneIn App.
The Bruins lead the series 53-33-1 and have won three of the last four meetings. Cal won last year's meeting 36-10 in Berkeley to snap a three-game UCLA series win streak (40-24 in 2015 in the Rose Bowl, 36-34 in 2014 at Berkeley and 37-10 at the Rose Bowl in 2013). The winning team has scored at least 30 points in the last 13 meetings. Only one of those last 13 games was decided by less than a 7-point margin (2014). UCLA is 13-4 against Cal in games played in the Rose Bowl and has won seven of the last eight contests played in Pasadena. The Bruins, who are seeking bowl eligibility, have been bowl eligible following 14 of the last 17 seasons.
UCLA will salute the following seniors who will be playing in their final home game at the Rose Bowl - WR Darren Andrews, OL Zach Bateman, LB Xan Cuevas, DL Matt Dickerson, RB Giovanni Gentosi, DB Mossi Johnson, OL Kenny Lacy, WR Eldridge Massington, WR Will McClure, OL Poasi Moala,QB Craig Myers, OL Scott Quessenberry, OL Sunny Odogwu, TE Alex Rassool, RB Justin Rittman, OL Gyo Shojima,WR Brad Sochowski, RB Nate Starks, DL Nickย Terry, OL Najee Toran, DL Jacob Tuioti-Mariner, WR Alex Van Dyke, DB Jaleel Wadood, LB Kenny Young.
LAST THREE BRUIN WINS OVER CAL
In 2015, UCLA spotted Cal a field goal and then ripped off 23 straight points en route to a 26-10 halftime edge and a 40-24 win on a Thursday night in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins racked up 573 yards of offense (174 r, 399 p). Cal countered with 426 yards of offense. Josh Rosen threw for three scores while completing a then-school record 34 completions. The Bruin defense sacked Jared Goff five times.
In the 2014 win at Cal, Marcus Rios intercepted a Goff pass on the two-yard line with 51 seconds left to seal the victory. Brett Hundley threw for 330 yards and two scores, while adding another tally with a touchdown run, which helped UCLA end a seven-game losing skid at Cal. Three Bruin turnovers in the contest led to three short Golden Bear touchdown drives. Cal took a 34-33 lead with less than seven minutes left only to see UCLA answer with a 55- yard, eight-play drive which produced the winning margin on a 26-yard Ka'imi Fairbairn field goal with 3:04 on the clock.
In the 2013 contest played in the Rose Bowl, UCLA moved out to a 17-0 lead. Cal closed to 24-10 at the half, but the Bruin defense blanked the Golden Bears during the second half in a 37-10 victory. Brett Hundley, who recorded 13 straight completions during one stretch of the game, passed for a career-high 410 yards and three touchdowns.
THE WATCH LIST
โข Senior Kenny Young will be the last Bruin football player to wear No. 42 in the Rose Bowl. In 2014, on the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's arrival at UCLA, Athletics Director Dan Guerrero announced that the school was retiring number 42 across all sports. While he wore several numbers at UCLA, Jackie Robinson made the number 42 as iconic as the man himself.
โข UCLA is averaging 6.4 yards per play, which would approach a school record mark - the only other seasons (dating to 1945) in which UCLA has averaged more than 6.5 yards per play are 6.81 in 1998 and 6.62 in 1973.
โข Josh Rosen (3,515) needs 226 yards to move past Brett Hundley (3,740 in 2012) into first on all-time UCLA single-season passing yards list.
โข The record / ranking of teams which have beaten UCLA on road this season: 48-18 overall record (73%)-- #17 Memphis 9-1, #20 Stanford 8-3, Arizona 7-4, #15 UW 9-2, Utah 5-6, #11 USC 10-2.
โข UCLA is 5-0 while playing in the Rose Bowl this season ... the last time the Bruins registered a perfect mark at home was in 2005 (6-0). Perfection in the Rose Bowl was also achieved in the 1987 (6-0) and 1985 seasons (5-0, including Rose Bowl game win).
โข WR Jordan Lasley owns the P12 lead with five 100-yard receiving games this season... He has 17 catches for 366 yards in last 2 games ... Lasley and Caleb Wilson (208) own the only 200-yard receiving games by P12 players this season.
โข Josh Rosen ranks first in the Pac-12 in passing yards per game (351.5) and total offense (345.2). The last Bruin to lead the Conference in passing yards/g and total offense was Tommy Maddox in 1990.
โข LB Kenny Young leads the team in tackles (86) and his average per game of 8.6 is 3rd in P12... S Adarius Pickett is second with 73 stops, S Jaleel Wadood is third with 65 overall tackles (10th in P12 7.2 per game); CB Nate Meadors tops the team with 9 pass break-ups which is tied for 5th in the P12; DL Jacob Tuioti-Mariner and DL Chigozie Nnoruka lead with 6.5 TFLs; Tuioti-Mariner tops the team with 5.5 sacks (12th in P12 with 0.50 average per game) and had a career-best 10 stops vs. ASU ... He has 26 tackles in last four games.
โข WR Theo Howard leads the team with a reception in each of the last 14 games and had a career-high 11 receptions vs. USC.
โข With its 501-yard output vs. USC, UCLA established an all-time school season mark with its 6th such game of 2017... With its 595-yard performance earlier this season at Stanford, UCLA set a school mark with its fourth consecutive 500-yard total offense games in a season.
โข Kenny Young (280 tackles) moved into a tie for 19th on the all-time UCLA tackle list after his nine-tackle effort vs. USC ... Jaleel Wadood (272) is also within range of moving into the all-time Bruin Top 20 tackle list.
โข CB Nate Meadors' 27-yd interception return for a score vs. ASU was third TD by Bruin defense (T14th in NCAA, T1st in P12) this season.
โข LB Kenny Young has 83 tackles in last 8 g (10.4 avg.) with season-highs of 12-tackles each at Stanford, vs. Colorado, vs. Oregon and at Utah.
โข Jordan Lasley (11-Stanford, 10-SC), Darren Andrews (12-A&M, 10-Memphis) and Caleb Wilson (15 A&M, 11-Stanford) have each recorded two double-digit reception games in the same season. No Bruin receiver has done it more than twice in a season. J.J. Stokes is the all-time school leader with three for his career.
โข Seven players in their first year as defensive starters were in opening lineup vs. USC - DL Rick Wade, DL Boss Tagaloa, DL Chigozie Nnoruka, LB Krys Barnes, LB Keisean Lucier-South, DB Colin Samuel, DB Darnay Holmes ... 9 freshmen defenders saw action vs. ASU and 10 (R=redshirt) at Utah: DL Martin Andrus, CB Holmes, LB Rahyme Johnson, LB Mique Juarez (R), S Quentin Lake, DL Marcus Moore (R), Osa Odighizuwa (R), CB Mo Osling III, DL Jaelan Phillips (not ASU or SC), DL Greg Rogers.
โข Josh Rosen leads the P12 with seven 300-yard passing games this season - a UCLA school record total.
โข Freshman and Sophomore defenders made 28 of UCLA's 65 tackles vs. USC (43%) ... 11 freshmen and 16 sophomores were in action vs. ASU.
โข Last 5 games: S Adarius Pickett has made 28 stops. LB/DE Keisean Lucier-South has also made 28 tackles while DL Chigozie Nnoruka has 26 stops, DL Marcus Moore has 17 tackles, 5.5 TFL and a forced fumble; DL Osa Odighizuwa has 10 tackles, 3.5 TFL and fumble return for TD.
โข 15 different receivers have caught at least 2 passes; 9 have at least 10-yard per catch avg. and 8 have caught a touchdown pass this season.
โข Josh Rosen (491 v. A&M, 463 at Memphis, 480 at Stanford, 372 v. Colorado, 381 v. ASU, 421 at USC) set a new school record with his six games of 350-yards passing this season (old mark - 3 by Cade McNown) ... Rosen's 387 yards of total offense output vs. USC was his 11th career game of at least 350 yards of total offense, which is the most in school history.
โข Rosen has at least one scoring pass in 26 of his 28 career games (not Arizona 2017, Washington State 2015).
